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Definition of swashbuckler in US English:

swashbuckler

noun

‘A ballsy swashbuckler on camera, who did all her own stunts, O'Hara was totally submissive in her personal life.’

‘He embodies what remains the rather sad refrain of many swashbucklers in the Valley: a technologist who achieves success but alienates himself from the thrill of invention and love of family.’

‘The graphs of annual tomato production held no interest for this one-eyed swashbuckler with the concentration span of a gnat and the heart of a desert lion.’

‘He looked like a swashbuckler fresh out of a living faerie tale, she thought.’

‘As for the rest of us, the latest installment to the Zorro story is a complete flop if not for the fact that it wields that beloved swashbuckler.’

‘A dashing swashbuckler of love, loss, and revenge in the midst of a plot to hide a conspiracy involving Napoleon's return to power.’

‘In a time obsessed with figures and analyses he slashes away upon the field like an old-fashioned swashbuckler tackling pirates in some seafaring epic.’

‘Marvin blocked her way, his legs spread out and his hands at his hips like a nerdy swashbuckler wannabe.’

‘Success meant getting Oracle founder and CEO Ellison, a man who has cultivated a public image as a swashbuckler - flying a fighter jet and racing yachts - to buy into the concept.’

‘O'Hearn plays the lead, a swashbuckler named Kane.’

‘It was an opportunity to fulfil a boyhood fantasy to mix it with swashbucklers.’

‘I've learned history, mathematics, science, how to steer and ship and how to be a swashbuckler.’

‘He dreamt that he was a brave and noble swashbuckler, swinging from chandelier to chandelier as he dueled with his foes.’

‘But there is something very romantic about the notion of the pirate that remains to this day: The skill of two swashbucklers battling on the deck of a ship, the hunt for buried treasure and the thrill of lawlessness.’

‘Over the years, Fleitz earned a reputation as Bolton's chief enforcer, a swashbuckler willing to go the extra mile to make the intel fit the desired policy - even if it meant knocking a few heads.’

‘A true swashbuckler like this only comes along once every hundred years.’